Murder indictments issued in Brockton murder

BROCKTON – Two Brockton cousins face murder charges in a stabbing at a gas station this spring.

Terrance Richardson and Antoine Richardson have been indicted in the murder of 19-year-old Jacinto Vieira, who was found on a Green Street porch in a pool of blood April 11.

They are charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruise said Friday.

Terrance Richardson pleaded not guilty to the charges in Brockton District Court in April. Antoine Richardson pleaded not guilty to the armed robbery charge.

Vieira’s family and friends convened at Brockton District Court earlier this month for a probable cause hearing.

Georgina Goncalves wore a pin on her chest that read, “In Loving Memory Jacinto,” as she cried, remembering her boyfriend, who is the father of their 3-month-old son, Jayden.

Family members wore pins and T-shirts with Vieira’s photograph and held signs that read, “Justice for Jacinto Vieira” and “We Need a Better Community. No More Violence.”

“I’m here to support him and to let him know I still love him,” childhood friend Mario Muniz, 18, said. “We’re not going to leave until there’s justice.”

Prosecutors say a woman found Vieira on the steps of her Green Street porch as she was leaving for work the morning of the stabbing. He was conscious but barely breathing and died shortly after he was brought to the hospital.

Video surveillance from a Brockton gas station shows a man striking Jacinto Vieira twice with what police believe to be a knife, prosecutors said. The footage shows three men, one of whom prosecutors say was Terrance Richardson, at about 3:40 a.m., standing in the parking lot.

Terrence Richardson’s attorney, David Sorrenti, said in court previously that Vieira was stabbed eight times and there was nothing to indicate which of the stab wounds proved fatal for Vieira.